IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $60,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2016 General Fund in acceptance of funds from the City of Kansas City, Missouri, and authorizing the County Executive to execute a Memorandum of Agreement with the City for the Teens in Transition Program.
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ORDINANCE NO. 4834, March 28, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Alfred Jordan, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Teens is Transition program is part of the No Violence Alliance (NoVA) Project, a collaborative initiative between key law enforcement leaders in Kansas City, the regional administrator of probation and parole, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office, to reduce violent crime in Kansas City’s urban core through a mix of law enforcement and social service components; and,
WHEREAS, the Teens in Transition Program is a summer outreach project for forty juveniles identified to be in the social network of violent groups in Kansas City, Missouri; and,
WHEREAS, these juveniles will participate in a ten-week summer program for approximately ten to fifteen hours per week, to provide a safe, stable, and healthy environment where the juveniles will gain the appropriate life skills training to reduce the risk of committing a violent act; and,
WHEREAS, the County is serving as the fiscal agent for this project; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City, Missouri, has committed funds in the amount of $60,000.00, for a portion of this project; and,
WHEREAS, the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office is seeking respondents to provide life skills training for this program and will be submitting its recommendations at a later date; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary to place these funds in the appropriate spending accounts to be available for this program; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation from the 2016 General Fund be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
General Fund
Teens in Transition
001-4105 45475 - Increase Revenues $60,000
001-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $60,000
001-2810 Undesignated Fund Balance $60,000
001-4105 56790 - Other Contractual Services $60,000
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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute the attached Memorandum of Agreement with the City of Kansas City, Missouri and any other documents necessary to give effect to this Ordinance.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its signature by the County Executive.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
I hereby certify that the attached Ordinance, Ordinance No. 4834 introduced on March 28, 2016, was duly passed on April 11, 2016 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______8________ Nays ______0_______
Abstaining _____0______ Absent _____0_______
Excused ______1______
Fiscal Note
This Ordinance is hereby transmitted to the County Executive for his signature.
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
I hereby approve the attached Ordinance No. 4834.
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Date Frank White, Jr., County Executive
Funds sufficient for this appropriation are available from the source indicated below.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 001 2810
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Undesignated Fund Balance
NOT TO EXCEED: $60,000.00
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Date Director of Finance and Purchasing